photo by Jason Walker
OLIVER JAKOB
Oliver Jakob [FKA Chris Jakob] [they/them] is a queer, non-binary, interdisciplinary performance artist born and raised in Detroit, MI and based in Chicago. Holding a BA in Theatre from University of Detroit Mercy, they are an actor, singer, mover, poet, playwright, and teaching artist focused on the creation of fresh, thought-provoking, experimental work. They have performed at Detroit Repertory Theatre, Ringwald Theatre, Jewish Ensemble Theatre, Planet Ant, Shakespeare in Detroit [SiD], and Matrix Theatre to a name a few. Oliver is a 2020 Kresge Artist Fellow and recent work includes the world premiere of Dot’s Home with AHOP in Detroit 2023, including touring performaces in Chicago and Nashville 2024, The Tempest as Trinculo with SiD summer 2023, the world premiere of Cleopatra Boy with AHOP in Detroit 2019, including touring performances in Philly and Texas A&M 2021; previews of LOGOS, their new solo-performance-choreopoem, at Sidewalk Festival 2019; and the tour of their play, I, Too, Sing America, produced by the Detroit Opera Theatre. They have also been a part of artist residencies at Cleveland Public Theatre, Fury Factory Festival in San Francisco, and North American Culture Lab in the Catskills of New York. Art is long, life is short. IG: @_oliverjakob
